Automobile lock



W. A..R|DEOUT.

.AUTOMOBJLE LOCK.

APPLICATFION FILED AUG. 16, 19:9.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

I N V EN TOR.

A TTORNEYS O changes in the precise embodiment of the Patented Sept. 5, 1922.-

Iran-erm n AUTOMOB LE Looizu Applicaticn'filed August 16, 1919. :Serial Nop317,921.- V i l i To all whom it may concern a citizen of theUnited States, and resident of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago. and

State of Wisconsin, have invented new. and useful Improvements inAuto'mobile Locks, of which the following is a descript1on,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification. The present invention relates to certaln new and useful improvements in locksv and refers more particularly to a device of this character especially adapted forguse in'con: nection with automobiles to prevent the unauthorized use thereof. p

- One object of the present invention is to provide lock means engageable with the usual gear shift lever which may be readily operated to lock the lever in neutral'position or to permit the free and easy movement of the lever to its various positions; I 1

Another object of this invention is to. provide a gear shift lever engaging plate having a slot therein through which the gear shift lever passes, the plate being readily movable laterally to permit the movement of the gear shift lever to its various operating positions and having means for locking the plate against lateral movementwhereby the gear shift lever will be locked'in neutral' position. H A further object of the present lnvention is to provide a combination lock-for the purpose and of the class described which will have means whereby the same may be read ily operated in the dark to unlock the same,

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a lock for the purpose and of the class described which will not in any mannerdisfigure the automobile upon which it is used,and which will be simple and compact in construction and efficient in operation. j .With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly definedby the appended claims, it being understood that such hereindisclosed invention may befmade as come within the scope of the claims.

lustrated onecomplete example ofthe physi cal embodiment of myinvention constructed I according to the best model have so far Be it known thatI, WILLIAM A. Rmnou'r,

r i osrien devised for thepractical application of the principles thereof, "and in which :v a Fig.1 1s a sectional view-taken longitudinallyathrough a .gear shift leverj'locking device "constructed according to and embodylng the various features of-my invention.' i a l L a I Fig. 2 is; a top plan view thereof, the tumbler operating knob-and the gear shift lever being in cross section, said view being taken I which is normally operable fromits neutral position as depicted infull lines in Figures 1 and '2 to various operativepositions in the H slot 6 formed in the floor 7 of the vehicle,

not shown, is passed through an elongated opening or slot 8*formed in a lock'plate 9. i

The plate Qhasits end, opposite the slot 8, slidablv-mountedbeneath abase 10 so that the lever when moved in the transverse portion of'theH slot 6'will carry the plate 9 with it topermit its freemovement to and from *the vario us speeds, and I provide means carried by the base 10 forlocking the plate Qagamst movement so that the lever 5 will be held in its neutral position as best shown in Figures 1 and 2. The plate 9has a curved slot-'8 leading from the slot 8 to its portion normally positioned under the base 10 to-permit the readydisengagement from the 'lever'5 ofthe plate only after the base 10 has been removed.

The means for looking or liandle ll having a central bore 12 in which disposed the-shank13 of the locking key having an operating handle 14 formed thereon anddisposed exteriorly of the knob 11 states its lower end 14: adapted to be I p engaged infa recess 15in the adjacent end In the accompanying drawing Ihave ilof'the plate 9; The'key 13 when engaged in the opening 15 0f the plate 9 and acorrea a a h plate!) against movement include a tumbleroperating knob spondingopening 16 in the floor 7 securely holds the plate 9 against movement as will be apparent, see Fig. 1.

The tumbler operating knob 11 is rotatably mounted in a bed .block..l7..secured to the base 10 by suitable fastening means 18, and the handle 11 is held therein against removal by means of a collar member 19 secured thereto by abinding screw. 20. and

projections 21 engaged in a recess in the bed block-17 and held therein'bymeans of a plate cover 22 secured: thereto by fastenings 18. The bed'block l7 has its under face counterboredpto receive atumbl'endisk or plate 23 which is held'thereiniby means of a; cover plate. 24 secured by fastening screws 25.,

As best shown in Figures 1, 3 and a, the key member 13'hasrcarried thereby nearits end let a keyprojection-v26 and the inner end of the, handlell, cover 24, the tumbler disk 23 and the bedblock 17 have slots 27 thereinadapted to be alinedby a manipulation of the-handle llito permit the key 26 to be passed upwardly therethroughto position the end 1d, outwardly of the opening 15 and allow the free and easy sliding movement of the plate 9." .The means for *alining the slots27 by operation of the handle ll.

include a pair of spaced apart upwardly projecting studs 28 formed on the inner face ofthe tumbler disk 23 and projecting upwardlyinto a curved channel orv recess 29 formed in the adjacent portion of the lower end of'handle l1 so'that the rotation of the handle. 11 will engages the ends of the slot 29 withithe adjacent projection 28 and move the tumbler -23. i

To a-line-the slots: 27 the handle 11 is rotated in a clockwise direction, with reference to Figures2 and 3, until a;pivoted pawl 30 carried'by the collar-l9i abuts a pin 31 carriedby the plate 22, t-his movement engaging one of the pins 28 with theadj acent end of the slot 29- at the left .with reference to Figure 1, and rotating thetumbler 23 in a clockwise direction to bring the slot 27 thereof to a position spaced from the slot of the plate 2 1. Thehandle 11 is then rotated in-a counter-clockwise direction until the pawl 30 engages a stop pin32 when the slot of the tumbler disk '23 will be just beyond the slot of the-handle '11, then'the tumbler is again rotated in aclockwise direction until the pawl 30 strikes a cam projection'33, the pawl is then raised and allowedto pass over stop 33 f and.-engage a stop pin 34:. The in'oveinent'from stop 33 to stop 3d rotates thetumbler diskina clockwise direction a distance equal to the distance to which the slot thereof has been; moved: beyond the slot of the handle 11,and thusalines the slot of disk 23 with the-slot in the handle 11. The handle 11 isythen rotatedina counter-clockwise directionuntil the pawl drops over the cam;stop-.33 whenalliofthe slots 27 will be alined and the pin may then be turned until the key 26 engaged therein may be moved therein to free the plate 9.

The collar 19 hasthereon a number of designations adapted to correspond with designations on the handle 11 so that the owner of an automobile may unscrew the member 20 and move the collar so that some other number will be alined therewith and thus destroy the combination of the lock, and only a person knowing which numbers to aline will be able to unlock the same.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with'the accompanying drawing, it will be readily apparent that by means of the stops;31, 32, 33 and3d, the lock may be readily opened in the dark without the aid of a light and thus make it especially desir ablein that the inconvenience of making a light is dispensed with when manipulating the same. 7

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

'1. An automobile gear shift lever lock of the class described comprising a gearshift lever engaging platehaving a slot to receive the gear shift lever, a stationary member adapted to slidably receive said plate, a ver* tically disposed locking pin slidably mounted in said member above said plate, said member having a recess to receive the lower end of said pin, said'plate having an aperture for said pin which is brought into register therewith. whenthe gear shift lever is in: itsinoperative position, and locking means associated with said pin for the pur-. pose described.

2. An automobile gearshift lever lock of the class described comprising a gearshift lever engaging plate having a slot to receive the gear shift lever, a stationary member adapted to slidably receive said plate, a vertically disposed locking pin slidably mounted in said member above said plate, said member having a recess to receive thelower end of said pin, said plate having an aperture=for said pin whichris brought into register 'therewith when the gear shift lever is in its inoperative position. and locking means associated with said pin adapted to secure the pin in operativeengagement with said plate,-said locking means being adapted to hold said pin out of engagement with said plate during normal operation. of the gear shift lever.; i

3. Anautomobile gear shift lever lockof the class described comprising a plate having a transverse' slot 'near: one end and a curved slot communicating, therewithto permit -the=engagement in said transverse slot of a gearsliiftlever, meansengaging the other end of said plat'e'to releasably lock the same against movement.

In testimony whereof, laffix'my signature.

I VVILLTAhT A. RIDEOUTJ 

